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		<h1 id="FUNCTION_.28GENERIC.29">FUNCTION (GENERIC)</h1>
		<h3 id="DEFINITION">DEFINITION</h3>
		<p>A Functional Chain is a mean to describe one specific path among all possible paths traversing the dataflow,</p>
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			<li>either to describe an expected behavior of the System in a given 	context,</li>
			<li>or in order to express some non functional properties along this 	functional path (latency, criticality, confidentiality, 	redundancy...).</li>
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		<p>An elementary Functional Chain is made of a succession of Functions and Exchanges across a functional dataflow, starting and ending with a Function (allocated to the System or to an Actor).</p>
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